Weekly Buzz 03/09/18

Hello Collectors,

How is everyone enjoying those apples? Hopefully you bought fresh ones, and not those nasty bruised apples. Gross. By the way, which kind of apples are your favorite?

Behind the Curtain

We have added a new subcategory to Services. You will soon begin seeing Veterinary Clinics popup on the map. These icons look similar to Medical icons, changed slightly for this new type of location. Previously approved vet offices and animal hospitals will take time to update to this new, specified subcategory, but we hope to have a fast and smooth transition. If your local vet’s office hasn’t changed over the weekend, feel free to report it for review. Our BeeKeepers would love to help update these locations.

The Official Updates forum has been removed, as it was causing confusion with where official news from WallaBee Staff should come from. All official updates on the app will be found here at WallaBeeBlog.com.

Adjustments to where items can be found continues to move forward. As we continue to make adjustments to foraging for all players, we’d love to hear from the community about your thoughts on certain items being found at specific subcategories. For example, finding Styling Products at Salon / Barber locations, or finding LP Collection at Music / Video locations. As always, making a fun and enjoyable game is our goal. We look forward to hearing about your thoughts in the WallaBee Chat forum.

Should you have any questions, please let us know by emailing Support@WallaBeeGame.com

Recent Item Highlights

Player Unique Spotlight

With more and more Player Uniques coming out, we want to spend a respectable amount of time learning more about them. This week’s Player Unique Spotlight highlighted Jet Drag. You can read more about this unique here.

Jet Drag

This Week In WallaBee History | March 5th – 11h

March 8th, 2017: The Waztecs set began with releasing Chocolatl as the first item.

March 9th, 2015: Wooden Katana released as the first item in the Ninjas set.

March 10th, 2012: The first Bug was found in WallaBee. Luckily for us, this was a good one.

Room For Growth

We have compiled a list of issues that we are currently working on. If you find something that doesn’t fit into this list, please reach out to us and let us know.

• Battery drains like crazy
  • Under investigation.
• Forum Notifications/Count are missing
  • Coming in a future update.
• General slowness
  • Under investigation.
• Item View Crash – Go to pouch, Tap / open item, Tap menu, App crashes
  • Fix available in next update.
• Performing an action that triggers a pop up sometimes ‘freezes,’ which needs a hard close to fix
  • Currently being sorted out.
• Places List – Bottom of row doesn’t register input.
  • Fix available in next update.
• Random Crashes (especially on older devices)
  • We have discovered that the ram needed for the app fluctuates way more than it should, sometimes peaking over 1gb, which can cause older devices to crash. We are investigating what is causing this, so that we can enhance app performance.
• Sets Page always shows ‘try again’ before loading view
  • Fixed in the next update. For now, you can avoid this by viewing your Pouch before looking at the Sets page.
• Store Item and Icon don’t match
  • Under investigation. At the moment, there is a chance that the previous item image will linger, even though the item has updated to the next one in line (viewable by the honeycomb price and set icon).
• Store purchases hang up for a long time
  • Under investigation. We’re so sorry for those effected by this issue… which should be everyone during a drop. Other times, it runs like a champ.

Weekly Buzz 03/02/18

Hello Collectors,

We have been busy adjusting various aspects of the game, which we hope will improve your overall gameplay. Enjoy!

Behind the Curtain

Balance is sometimes a hard thing to achieve. We took a look at the statistics for the first five Grab Bags, along with player feedback, and have updated the percentages for each Grab Bag. The chance to receive a Wallagraphic item is still rare, but has been increased from 1 in ~33 bags to 1 in ~20. We’ve updated the Grab Bags Overview post with this information, as well as the other levels of rarity.

We have begun a new set, in a new universe, with new characters! Hex ArcHives I is sure to scratch the Sci-Fi itch that WallaBee has had for some time. This universe was dreamed up by John Rogeles (yes, he can do more than wooden toys). Join in as we follow Hex into potentially dangerous enemy territory on one of his many adventures. Who is Hex? You’ll soon find out!

Development continues on our end, slowly but surely. With one backend developer between Munzee and WallaBee, the saying ‘Sharing is caring’ comes to mind. We hope to have the next update out soon, which should have some exciting updates that we just can’t wait to show you… but we will. In the meantime, Mizak has been updating ItemBee and ItemBrowser to better display ‘containers,’ which includes Grab Bags and items like Locker and Candy Bags.

Certain holiday-focused items are temporarily being removed from the store/forage circulation. Don’t worry, there are still thousands of these items floating around at places near you, with more on the way. These items will come back to the store/forage around their specific holiday. We have also made ‘grab bag sets’ only available through Grab Bags, to see if this helps balance how many items are within the store/forage shuffle. These changes should help with current set items showing more often when foraging and stalking the store. We’re continuing to adjust where items are found and how much they cost in the store, for a better experience for everyone. This should hopefully bring the cost to complete a set down, which will bring Grab Bag prices down. A win-win for everyone. As with most things WallaBee, these adjustments can always be adjusted again if it’s not working out. With the number of available items only raising each day, it becomes harder to keep a balance between 2,000+ available set items. We appreciate your patience as we tinker.

There may or may not be a few Bensons hopping around the world today. Might keep your eyes peeled for one near you!

We’ve post-dated some blog entries into the Unique Spotlight series, refreshing everything since the beginning of our Weekly Buzz series. The uniques we’ve highlighted now have their own entry. All of these spotlight posts should allow for comments, as well.

Should you have any questions, please let us know by emailing Support@WallaBeeGame.com

Recent Item Highlights

Player Unique Spotlight

With more and more Player Uniques coming out, we want to spend a respectable amount of time learning more about them. This week’s Player Unique Spotlight highlighted My Jabber Baby Wocky. You can read more about this unique here.

My Jabber Baby Wocky

This Week In WallaBee History | February 26th – March 4th

February 27th, 2012: The Jurassic Parts set began distributing items, with Amber as the first item available to find.

March 2nd, 2014: The founding team surprised certain members of the community with special, one-of-a-kind awards. Read more…

March 4th, 2012: Space Station released as the first item in The Final Frontier set, just about 6 years ago…

Room For Growth

We have compiled a list of issues that we are currently working on. If you find something that doesn’t fit into this list, please reach out to us and let us know.

• Battery drains like crazy
  • Under investigation.
• Forum Notifications/Count are missing
  • Coming in a future update.
• General slowness
  • Under investigation.
• Item View Crash – Go to pouch, Tap / open item, Tap menu, App crashes
  • Fix available in next update.
• Performing an action that triggers a pop up sometimes ‘freezes,’ which needs a hard close to fix
  • Currently being sorted out.
• Places List – Bottom of row doesn’t register input.
  • Fix available in next update.
• Random Crashes (especially on older devices)
  • We have discovered that the ram needed for the app fluctuates way more than it should, sometimes peaking over 1gb, which can cause older devices to crash. We are investigating what is causing this, so that we can enhance app performance.
• Sets Page always shows ‘try again’ before loading view
  • Fixed in the next update. For now, you can avoid this by viewing your Pouch before looking at the Sets page.
• Store Item and Icon don’t match
  • Under investigation. At the moment, there is a chance that the previous item image will linger, even though the item has updated to the next one in line (viewable by the honeycomb price and set icon).
• Store purchases hang up for a long time
  • Under investigation. We’re so sorry for those effected by this issue… which should be everyone during a drop. Other times, it runs like a champ.

Community Content

This is a section of the blog where we will highlight any funny images or videos from the community. These may appear through links in the forums, on Facebook, guides on YouTube, or other sites.

While in London this year, many fun stories were shared between players. One of these stories was how LoneLee started playing WallaBee. Well, after last year’s London event, Wyando and Tamarisk were flying home to Germany and saw their Munzee friend, LoneLee, in Stansted airport. LoneLee had business in London that he was returning from and asked Wyando why he was in London. After giving an explanation about WallaBee and the event they had just been to, LoneLee made an account and started playing. A year later, he’s sitting next to me at the London event, reliving this story. Awesome way to start playing, LoneLee! Thanks for letting us share it.

Jenbee997 has removed every set item from her sets, checked to see if they open, and saved them again with only managing to recycle one of them. Valiant effort, Jen! Here’s the list of her findings, with room to add your own!

If you think someone’s content (or your own) is worthy of being highlighted, you can suggest by emailing support or tagging it with #WallaCommunity.

Any additional questions, comments, concerns? Email: support@wallabeegame.com

Weekly Buzz 02/23/18

Hello Collectors,

We’ve missed you! As you may have noticed last Friday, there was no Weekly Buzz. I (Robbie) was in London for WallaBee’s 6th birthday celebration (which was amazing) and ran out of time. I must admit that I am human every now and again, which is evident after spending 39,000 steps walking around London, followed by a loud dinner with 30 or so awesome WallaBee players… Needless to say, I crashed hard once inside my hotel room, with no blog post written. I apologize for that and hope that this blog will make up for two weeks of information.

Behind the Curtain

Grab Bags are still trending on WallaBee’s unofficial topic boards, which has been helpful in how we navigate future bag releases. We noticed that the response on a grab bag over the 1,000hc threshold was not welcomed, so we have made changes to the prices of various items within the set, to help this price go down further. You may notice that other items will be adjusted from all other sets to help with this balance. If you have questions about how Grab Bags work, you can find a brief overview here.

We released the Piñata item for our 6th birthday, and although the store sat and spun for everyone, the concept was applauded by various members of the community. Changing up various ways of receiving items is something that we feel helps grow the game from becoming stagnant. We wouldn’t expect many sets to all release from one item, but at least it’s now something you know may be coming. 😉

Our goal is to make our players happy. We know how much you enjoy foraging (or at least used to), which is why we’re making an effort to revitalize this aspect of the game for future growth. We want everyone to be able to forage, whether they are in the middle of a city or the middle of a field. How does this change the current aspects of WallaBee’s geolocation gameplay? Only the future can tell.

After two weeks of practice, most of our newly signed off BeeKeepers have become pros at editing locations across the world. Although some of the new team hasn’t earned their wings yet, give them time. You may begin to see some of the new BKs interacting in the forums more, as their roles get assigned. Remember, you can come to BKs with questions or suggestions you have about the app. They are our support staff, but remain players – just like you! If you have a location that needs some extra help with verifying, you can submit a photo of the location via the in-game support option. We’d love to make sure that your requested location gets approved.

Should you have any questions, please let us know by emailing Support@WallaBeeGame.com

Recent Item Highlights

Player Unique Spotlight

With more and more Player Uniques coming out, we want to spend a respectable amount of time learning more about them. Over the past two weeks, our Player Unique Spotlight has highlighted Gaius, the Wonder Corgi and Be Kind To Animals. You can read more about these uniques here.

Gaius, the Wonder Corgi

Be Kind To Animals

This Week In WallaBee History | February 12th – 25th

February 14th, 2013: Be My Valentine released in its entirety, with a completely new gameplay mechanic – Cross Mixes. This required players to look outside of the current set in order to complete it. Eros was originally named Cupid. The first RoM (Result of Mixing) in the set was found around eight hours after Cupid was released, creating panic in the community as everyone scrambled to find the other unlikely dates.

February 14th, 2013: Eau De WallaBee was introduced to WallaBee as, not only the smallest set to date, but also the longest lasting hidden message generator. Perfume and Aftershave mix with many items within the game, and produce some interesting results.

February 15th, 2012: The day before WallaBee launched, the first three items were gifted to members of staff. #1 Bearded Lady went to Ben, #1 Romantic Card went to Alan, and #1 Little Black Dress went to Simon. All of these founding staff members still have their items, with the exception of Ben – whose #1 Bearded Lady went to Simon after he deactivated his account.

February 16th, 2012: The day that WallaBee released to the public, there were 30 items available to find, with 27 of those releasing within that 24 hour period. What a day to be a low number collector! Can you name all 30 items?

February 16th, 2013: On WallaBee’s first birthday, the Mystery Box and Golden Bearded Lady were released to the public. What would we do without Mystery Boxes today?

February 16th, 2014: The entire Our 2nd Birthday set was released, along with the Mega Mix ‘2 Year Celebration.’

February 16th, 2017: The Birthday Baking set finished, with a special ending mix for the Super Birthday Cupcake.

Room For Growth

We have compiled a list of issues that we are currently working on. If you find something that doesn’t fit into this list, please reach out to us and let us know.

• Battery drains like crazy
  • Under investigation.
• Forum Notifications/Count are missing
  • Coming in a future update.
• General slowness
  • Under investigation.
• Item View Crash – Go to pouch, Tap / open item, Tap menu, App crashes
  • Fix available in next update.
• Performing an action that triggers a pop up sometimes ‘freezes,’ which needs a hard close to fix
  • Currently being sorted out.
• Places List – Bottom of row doesn’t register input.
  • Fix available in next update.
• Random Crashes (especially on older devices)
  • We have discovered that the ram needed for the app fluctuates way more than it should, sometimes peaking over 1gb, which can cause older devices to crash. We are investigating what is causing this, so that we can enhance app performance.
• Store Item and Icon don’t match
  • Under investigation. At the moment, there is a chance that the previous item image will linger, even though the item has updated to the next one in line (viewable by the honeycomb price and set icon).
• Store purchases hang up for a long time
  • Under investigation. We’re so sorry for those effected by this issue… which should be everyone during a drop. Other times, it runs like a champ.

Community Content

This is a section of the blog where we will highlight any funny images or videos from the community. These may appear through links in the forums, on Facebook, guides on YouTube, or other sites.

While many pictures were taken over the weekend, here’s a snapshot of the Friday night dinner. More images are sure to be floating around external WallaBee fan groups, but we’ll try to consolidate a list for you soon.

If you think someone’s content (or your own) is worthy of being highlighted, you can suggest by emailing support or tagging it with #WallaCommunity.

Any additional questions, comments, concerns? Email: support@wallabeegame.com

Weekly Buzz 02/09/18

Hello Collectors,

Next week marks two special days on the calendar: Valentine’s Day and WallaBee’s 6th Birthday! We have some fun things planned for everyone, so stay tuned for more information. We have a week-long sale happening in the online store through the 18th to help prepare us for next week’s celebration. For more information, check out the blog entry.

Behind the Curtain

We are deep into reworking some much-needed updates to the app. We’ll give small snapshots of these changes as they become available. For those who must discuss something, you can ponder sorting your Unique items in an easier way.

Speaking of Uniques, we have released two Grab Bags so far, to some fairly mixed reviews. Remember, these special Unique Items are to help narrow a focus for a specific set. If obtaining a Wallagraphic item is your only goal, be prepared to open many bags. To help better explain the What’s, Why’s, and How’s, we’ve added a blog post to help. You can find a brief overview here.

Since opening things seems to be the hot new activity, we’ve gone back to some older items and added the ability to open them. Try unwrapping a Chocolate Bar the next time you see one. You’ll probably get Chocolate Squares, but you may find the Golden Ticket! More of these items will be made available over time, even if it doesn’t have a special option right now. These special openable items will find their way to ItemBee soon. Hopefully a player-created list will be available soon. -hint hint-

More achievements are coming on Monday! We’re finishing the place-interaction tasks by adding the remaining few categories. Speaking of places, we know everyone loves foraging! We have an update coming later that should make everyone happy. For now, we’ve adjusted the foraging algorithm to cater to new items, on an individual and global scale. As we tinker with these percentages a bit, you may notice a shuffle with where certain items are found. For the most up-to-date information on how to obtain items, please check ItemBee.

We have new BeeKeepers! As we welcome the newest members to our team, we would like to thank everyone that submitted an application. The process was difficult, but we have 10 new members joining the team. We will announce our new BeeKeepers to the community on Monday. Thanks again!

Should you have any questions, please let us know by emailing Support@WallaBeeGame.com

Recent Item Highlights

Juice Bar

Welcome to I Love Juicy! What can we get started for you?

Decluttering

Begin by separating important from nonessential items. Rinse and repeat.

High School Grab Bag

-gasp- Free toy inside, free toy inside! Let’s find it. It could be a WallaGraphic item!

Report Card

Well, looky what we have here… another rough week

Lunar Golf

If you think getting a hole-in-one on Earth is difficult, try it on the moon!

Double Blender

Double your power, double your speed. This special blender gives you twice what you’ll need.

Player Unique Spotlight

With more and more Player Uniques coming out, we want to spend a respectable amount of time learning more about them. This week’s Player Unique Spotlight highlighted Comet Explorers. You can read more about this unique here.

Comet Explorers

This Week In WallaBee History

February 5th, 2014: The original team announced that the 2nd Birthday was coming up, and they were doing a special sequence on GeoGearHeads. If you would like to watch their rather lengthy interview, you can find the video here.

February 5th, 2017: We celebrated Waitangi Day in our it’s a small worldwide celebration set. Have you tried a kumara cupcake yet?

February 9th, 2013: Enter the Dragon! This item was the first one to release in the Chinese New Year set. It happens to be one of our favorites from that set.

Room For Growth

We have compiled a list of issues that we are currently working on. If you find something that doesn’t fit into this list, please reach out to us and let us know.

• Battery drains like crazy
  • Under investigation.
• Forum Notifications/Count are missing
  • Coming in a future update.
• General slowness
  • Under investigation.
• Performing an action that triggers a pop up sometimes ‘freezes,’ which needs a hard close to fix
  • Currently being sorted out.
• Places List – Bottom of row doesn’t register input.
  • Fix available in next update.
• Random Crashes (especially on older devices)
  • We have discovered that the ram needed for the app fluctuates way more than it should, sometimes peaking over 1gb, which can cause older devices to crash. We are investigating what is causing this, so that we can enhance app performance.
• Store Item and Icon don’t match
  • Under investigation. At the moment, there is a chance that the previous item image will linger, even though the item has updated to the next one in line (viewable by the honeycomb price and set icon).
• Store purchases hang up for a long time
  • Under investigation. We’re so sorry for those effected by this issue… which should be everyone during a drop. Other times, it runs like a champ.

Community Content

This is a section of the blog where we will highlight any funny images or videos from the community. These may appear through links in the forums, on Facebook, guides on YouTube, or other sites.

Today’s highlight is on a newer player by the name of Caramellie. She has found a fun hobby within WallaBee by telling stories through the items she leaves at places. Have you ever looked for items at a police station, to discover they were in the middle of an investigation? What about heading to a nearby burger joint, to find some questionable beverages being served? Caramellie is taking a fun approach to making museums near her. Here are some other places to check out: Place 1, Place 2. Do you have any fun WallaBee Hobbies that we can highlight? Let us know!

If you think someone’s content (or your own) is worthy of being highlighted, you can suggest by emailing support or tagging it with #WallaCommunity.

Any additional questions, comments, concerns? Email: support@wallabeegame.com